Sanix World Rugby Youth Invitational Tournament.IRB TOSHIBA Junior World Championship 2009.Tournaments and leagues sponsored International It had been played at the treaty ports ( Kobe and Yokohama especially) before that, between teams of long-term foreign residents and visiting ships' crews, garrisons etc. Rugby union was first introduced to Japanese students at Keio University in Japan by Professor Edward Bramwell Clarke (who was born in Yokohama) and Tanaka Ginnosuke, both graduates of Cambridge University, in 1899. Main article: Rugby union in Japan § History Rugby game in Yokohama, 1874 with interested locals and Mount Fuji in the background Former Japanese prime minister Yoshirō Mori served as the JRFU's current president until 2015, when Tadashi Okamura took over the position. The JRFU is currently one of only two federations from outside the Six Nations and The Rugby Championship with a seat on the executive council of World Rugby, the sport's international governing body (the other is Rugby Canada). It was formed 30 November 1926, and organises matches for the Japan national team. The Japan Rugby Football Union ( JRFU Japanese: 日本ラグビーフットボール協会, romanized: Nippon Ragubī Futtobōru Kyōkai) is the governing body for rugby union in Japan. Governing body for rugby union in Japan Japan Rugby Football Union 日本ラグビーフットボール協会
